Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
That’s What Friends Are For: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
Written by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
- C major
- 2/2
- 136 BPM
- 1965
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany That’s What Friends Are For without reading music. The left hand plays pop heartbeat (root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3)), and the right hand sings the tune.
That’s What Friends Are For accompaniment in letter notes
The G7 – C – F – Ab7 loop with pop heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about That’s What Friends Are For
What are the letter notes for the That’s What Friends Are For piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is G7 – C – F – Ab7, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in That’s What Friends Are For?
The loop is G7 – C – F – Ab7 (V7 – I – IV – bVI7) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.
What key is That’s What Friends Are For in?
C major, at about 136 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in That’s What Friends Are For?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is That’s What Friends Are For easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.